"dolma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dolmas [plural], dolmades [plural], dolmathes [plural]
Etymology: From Turkish dolma, from Ottoman Turkish طولمه (dolma), from طولمق (dolmak, “to get full, be filled”). Thus, the word literally means “stuffed thing”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tr|dolma}} Turkish dolma, {{der|en|ota|طولمه|tr=dolma}} Ottoman Turkish طولمه (dolma) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dolmades|dolmathes}} dolma (plural dolmas or dolmades or dolmathes)
  1. Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices. Categories (topical): Foods Related terms: sarma, сэнэтхьапэ (sɛnɛtḥapɛ) Translations (any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes): θρῖον (thrîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ورق عنب (warag ʕinab) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), يبرق [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), يالانجي [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), ورق دوالي (waraʔ dawāli) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), դոլմա (dolma) (Armenian), տոլմա (tolma) (Armenian), dolma (Azerbaijani), сарми (sarmi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), dolma (Crimean Tatar), sarma (Crimean Tatar), dolma (Finnish), kääryle (Finnish), dolma (Gagauz), sarma (Gagauz), ტოლმა (ṭolma) (Georgian), Dolma [neuter] (German), ντολμάς (ntolmás) [masculine] (Greek), dolma (Indonesian), dolma (Karaim), sarma (Karaim), tolma (Krymchak), sarma (Krymchak), долма (dolma) (Kumyk), дулма (dulma) (Lezgi), طولمه (dōlma, tōlma) (Ottoman Turkish), dolmades [plural] (Polish), долма (dolma) (Russian), dolme [common-gender] (Swedish), тулма (tulma) (Tatar), dolma (Turkish), sarma (Turkish), dolma (Urum), sarma (Urum), sarmax (Urum)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "долма"
    },
    {
      "code": "lez",
      "lang": "Lezgi",
      "roman": "dulma",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "дулма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dōlma, tōlma",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "طولمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "dolmades"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dolma",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "долма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dolme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "tulma",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "тулма"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "dolma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "sarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uum",
      "lang": "Urum",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "dolma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uum",
      "lang": "Urum",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "sarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uum",
      "lang": "Urum",
      "sense": "any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes",
      "word": "sarmax"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dolma"
}

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